Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs

Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives

Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy

Issues

Legislative actions

113th Congress

The second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 114 out of the 3,036 introduced bills (3.8 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[4] For more information pertaining to Gowdy's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[5]

National security

National Defense Authorization Act

Gowdy voted in support of HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[6]

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

Gowdy voted in support of HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 and was largely along party lines.[6]

Keystone Pipeline Amendment

Gowdy voted in opposition of House Amendment 69, which would have amended HR 3 to "require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place." The amendment failed on May 22, 2013, with a vote of 176 - 239 and was largely along party lines.[6]

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Lofgren voted in support of HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities.[7] The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.[6]

Economy

Farm Bill

Gowdy supported the July 11, 2013 Farm Bill. The bill passed in a 216-208 vote.[8] The bill passed included farm policy, but did not include food stamps.[9]

Immigration

Immigration reform

The Evangelical Immigration Table is running ads in the August 2013 recess to encourage support of an immigration reform bill that would allow a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. In the ad, Rev. Jim Goodroe, director of missions for Spartanburg County Baptist Network, says, "One of the things we're trying to do is trying to get Christians to first of all think about anything from a Christian perspective, including immigration... and realize that any immigrant is a person first." Gowdy supports the ad run, according to a spokesman. Gowdy said, "The status quo has left our national security jeopardized with porous borders, our laws unenforced, our economy missing necessary skills, and families separated for years. But to achieve a long-term solution, any plan must first guarantee border security and restore enforcement of our laws. So while immigration is complex, I am encouraged by any groups who enter this discussion in good faith and are intent on looking for solutions." The ad is also running in Mick Mulvaney's district.[10]

Morton Memos Enforcement Prohibition

Lofgren voted for House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States.[11] The vote largely followed party lines.[12]

Healthcare

Repealing Obamacare

Gowdy has supported all attempts to repeal or delay the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[13]

Social issues

Abortion

Gowdy supported HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196. The purpose of the bill is to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.[14]

Previous congressional sessions

Fiscal Cliff

Gowdy voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[15]

Elections

2014

Gowdy was rumored as a possible appointee to Jim DeMint'sU.S. Senate seat. On December 17, 2012, Gov.Nikki Haley announced she had chosen to appoint Representative Tim Scott to fill DeMint's seat beginning in January 2013. Although Gowdy was not appointed, he could still run for election to the remainder of the term in 2014.[16][17][18]

Full history

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2010
On November 2, 2010, Trey Gowdy won election to the United States House. He defeated Paul Corden (D) and Dave Edwards (Constitution) in the general election.[21]

U.S. House, South Carolina District 4 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Trey Gowdy

65.2%

137,586

Democratic

Paul Corden

29.6%

62,438

Constitution

Dave Edwards

5.2%

11,059

Total Votes

211,083

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Gowdy is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, Gowdy raised a total of $1,671,439 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 28, 2013.[22]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Gowdy missed 15 of 1,698 roll call votes from January 2009 to April 2013. This amounts to .9%, which is better than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[30]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Growdy paid his congressional staff a total of $831,388 in 2011. Overall, South Carolina ranks 31st in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[31]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Gowdy's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$249,999 and $249,999. That averages to $0, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth decreased by 100% from 2010.[32]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Growdy's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $-231,995 to $344,999, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[33]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Gowdy was 1 of 2 members who ranked 50th in the conservative rankings in 2012.[34]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Gowdy was 1 of 4 members of congress who ranked 80th in the conservative rankings.[35]

Voting with party

2013

Trey Gowdy voted with the Republican Party 96.8% of the time, which ranked 80th among the 234 House Republican members as of June 2013.[36]

Personal

Trey Gowdy is married to Terri. They have two children.

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